Newark, NJ – November 17, 2011 – Mayor Cory A. Booker, State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Council President Donald M. Payne, Jr. and a coalition of State and Essex County elected officials will hold a press conference to discuss the future of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) on Friday, November 18, at 10:30 a.m., in the 1st Floor Rotunda of City Hall, at 920 Broad Street, in Newark.

WHO: Mayor Cory A. Booker, State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, Essex County Executive DiVincenzo, Members of the Newark Municipal Council, and a coalition of State and Essex County elected officials.

WHAT: Will hold a press conference to discuss the future of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey(UMDNJ).